Accident: 170871396 - Fall - Slipped Trying To Free Ski Lift Chair

A maintenance crew for a ski resort was removing a ski lift chair from an exhibition ski lift for an annual inspection. One of the employees was working from a scaffold, tied in with a harness. To remove the chair from the lift cable, he was to loosen the cable clamp, attach the chair to a hoist, and lower it to the ground. The employee operating the ski lift stopped the cable about 50 to 100 millimeters too far, which ran the cable clamp under a sheave, binding it. Seeing the problem, the employee on the scaffold apparently disconnected his harness and climbed up the tower ladder and out onto the sheave assembly so that he could pry up the sheave wheel with a crescent wrench. As he was prying with the wrench, he slipped and fell 4.6 meters to the ground. He sustained a compound fracture of his arm and was hospitalized.

fall, fall protection, slip, work surface, amusement ride, fracture, arm

Accident: 170572838 - Fall - Wire Rope Support Failure

An employee was operating a Climb-N-Dangle rock-climbing wall at an amusement park. The wire rope by which he was suspended broke, allowing him to fall 4.6 meters to the ground. He fractured his right wrist in the fall.

fall, fall protection, amusement ride, wrist, fracture, amuse park/carnival

Accident: 801217 - Killed When Struck And Dragged By Forklift Truck

Employee #1 asked another crew leader about the location of a jack and, after finishing the conversation, began to walk back across an aisleway. A coworker driving an Ottawa yard truck pulling a 12 ft wide load struck him from behind. Employee #1 was dragged between 60 and 70 ft by the strap on his coveralls, which caught on the tie rod of the truck. He died instantly of a broken neck.

inattention, struck by, motor vehicle, caught by, clothing, neck, fracture, industrial truck, noise, dragged

Accident: 119948016 - Injured In Fall While Framing House

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on December 1, 2000, Employee #1 was framing a residence when he fell 9 ft 6 in., sustaining a fractured right arm and lacerated liver. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to JFK Memorial Hospital, where he was hospitalized for five days.

laceration, carpenter, fracture, arm, liver, fall, construction

Accident: 14225759 - Killed When Head Crushed Under Trailer Ramp

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on November 2, 2000, Employee #1 was helping his employer to unload a Bobcat loader from a lowboy trailer. As the employer was unchaining the Bobcat, he asked Employee #1 to drop the ramps, which he did. The chain on the Bobcat became caught, and the employer concentrated on releasing it and did not notice Employee #1. Another coworker was standing to the right of the trailer watching the employer free the Bobcat. The employer then mounted the Bobcat and said that he was ready to back it off. He looked behind him and did not see Employee #1, so he assumed that he had gone to the office. As the employer began backing up and the rear wheels touched the top of the ramps, the coworker standing to the side screamed for him to stop. Employee #1 was found face down with his head under the right ramp and his feet under the left ramp. He suffered massive multiple fractures and internal injuries to his head, and was killed. There was no indication as to why Employee #1 was in that location.

construction, struck by, trailer, ramp, communication, caught between, head, fracture, off loading

Accident: 119947943 - Injured In Fall From Ladder

At approximately 10:54 a.m. on October 17, 2000, Employee #1, an electrician was repairing a parking lot light stanchion in Redlands. After changing the light fixture ballast, he was climbing down the ladder when he fell approximately 8 to 10 ft. He sustained a fractured pelvis. Employee #1 was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for seven days.

electrician, back, fracture, pelvis, fall, ladder, descending, repair

Accident: 120276761 - Injured In Fall Through Roof

On October 2, 2000, Employee #1 was working alone on the roof of a commercial building. He was cutting out damaged pieces of the roof, which created approximately 4 ft by 8 ft holes. Employee #1 then removed the damaged material, replaced them, and rebuilt and re-roofed the area. After cutting away a section of the roof, but before he had a chance to remove the damaged area, he stepped onto a previously cut section and fell approximately 21 ft to the floor. Employee #1 sustained fractured ribs on both sides of his body, head trauma including a concussion and a lacerated scalp, a punctured right lung, and a cracked 10th vertebra in his spine. Employee #1 apparently had not received any fall protection training or equipment.

construction, roof, roof opening, fall, fracture, head, concussion, fall protection, untrained, work rules

Accident: 126092550 - Leg Fractured By Garbage Truck Mechanism

At approximately 12:36 p.m. on September 18, 2000, Employee #1 climbed a waste collection truck to retrieve some waste paper from the space between the driver's cab and the vehicle's waste storage unit. He inadvertently touched the armlift activator and he became pinned. The Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics freed him and he was airlifted to UCLA Medical Center. Employee #1's right leg was fractured, his right arm seriously injured, and his lower back bruised.

garbage truck, pinned, fracture, leg, arm, lockout, work rules, caught between

Accident: 170009351 - Injured In Fall From Roof

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on September 9, 2002, Employee #1 climbed to the roof of a building, walked west across installed decking, donned his fall protection harness, hooked up his Guardian Fall Protection Beamer 2000, and walked the joist out to his work area where he was stick-welding bridging on the roof. At about 10:00 a.m., when he was about one-third finished, he hooked up his Beamer at the center seat. He walked east along the joist to the water cooler for a break. His Beamer became caught on something, pulling him backward and off his feet. Employee #1 fell sideways and his lanyard stopped his fall, partially activating the lanyard deceleration device. He bounced back up and when he descended, the Beamer came free from the beam. Employee #1 fell between 20 and 22 ft onto dirt, fracturing his back and ankle.

back, work rules, fracture, fall protection, lanyard, fracture, construction, caught by

Accident: 119947893 - Leg Injured In Same-Level Fall

At approximately 8:25 a.m. on August 25, 2000, Employee #1, an aircraft mechanic employed by American Aircarriers Support, Inc., was working in Hangar #3. He slipped on an oil spill while working on the concrete floor and sustained a spiral fracture of his lower right leg. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for three days.

mechanic, chemical, fracture, leg, slip, fall, housekeeping, slippery surface, spill